Warren Akin: A Window into his World

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This paper presents a biography of Confederate Congressman Warren Akin, from his birth to his marriage, to the birth of his children and, finally, to his death. The paper attempts to shed some light on the true thoughts and intentions of this man whose legacy is still felt in Northern Georgia over one hundred years after his death.

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"Warren Akin is the son of Thomas and Catherine Bell Akin who migrated to Georgia from Virginia before 1800. He was born in Elbert County, Georgia on October 9, 1811, the youngest of ten children. He attended public schools in Elbert County and at age eighteen he moved to Walton County and attended his last term of schooling there. While living there he worked at a local store in Monroe and while clerking he heard about a gold rush in Dahlonega, he promptly left his parent's home to work in the gold fields. While mining in the gold fields he found two gold nuggets that he would later bequeath to his two youngest children, in the near future however, he would put them up for collateral to finance the purchase of his law firm."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Akin and Tate. Cartersville, Ga. Blank stationary (letterhead). In the possession of Warren Akin III.
• Akin, Warren to James M. Smith, 11 June 1872. Warren Akin Papers, The Georgia Archives, Morrow.
• Akin, Warren to James M. Smith, 20 January 1873. Warren Akin Papers, The Georgia Archives, Morrow.
• Akin, Warren. Will dated 12 February 1877. Will Book A. Bartow County Probate Court, Cartersville, Ga. 426-432.
• Cox, Jack F, comp. The 1850 Census of Georgia Slave Owners. Baltimore, Md.: Clearfield Company, 19

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